The father of a 22-year-old woman who was hit by a car last October while she was out for a run in Sicily has paid tribute to his “fighter” of a daughter who was on two occasions expected not to survive her severe injuries.
Law graduate Hannah Leonard from Bray, Co Wicklow, moved to Sicily last May to be with her boyfriend, Cathal, and to take up a summer job at a resort.
On October 6th she was completing a training run for the Dublin Marathon when she was struck by a car. She was sent 15ft across the road, landing on her head.
Hannah required emergency “one shot” surgery which involved removing part of her skull – an operation which she may not have survived. She was in an…